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Kyo awoke to light filtering in through the paper doors (paper doors?... what the…), his neck and back stiff from being in the same position all night long. Trying to change positions, he found that his shoulder felt heavy, and glancing over at it he saw Tohru's big brown eyes slowly opening to gaze into his. The two stared at each other for a minute before it registered what had happened.

"Well, this certainly is a surprise."

Kyo and Tohru bolted from each other, their faces red with embarrassment at being caught and for the plain fact in itself.

Shigure laughed heartily, while Yuki stared at the two on the floor without feeling.

"I-I'm so sorry Kyo-kun! I guess I must have fallen asleep and I—"

"Tohru," Shigure chimed, putting a hand on her shoulder. "'Tis a natural thing when in love; it can be a beautiful thing when, for the first time, two young buds sleep togeth—"

Yuki and Kyo both slammed fists into Shigure before he could continue with the sentence.

"Ow… didn't anyone ever tell you two not to hit your elders?" Shigure whined, slouching slightly.

"Don't worry about it Tohru. It's not like it's a big deal," Kyo told her, while on the inside his heart thrummed madly. I can't freaking believe I did that last night! I should have never fallen asleep! But she was so warm and so soft and… "Besides, it's not like we did anything illegal."

Blushing, Tohru looked down at her lap. "Yes, you're right Kyo-kun."

"You better not have, baka neko," Yuki said, staring at Kyo darkly.

Tohru glanced up at Yuki. "You're back! Yuki-kun, we were so worried about you last night!"

Speak for yourself, Kyo thought, stretching to get the soreness from his movement-deprived muscles and joints. I finally beat the damned rat and he runs off to sulk.

"Here, I saved some dinner for you…" Tohru looked at the table. It was still a mess from last night's dinner, and all the food had spoiled in the night.

"EHHHAAAHHH! I never cleaned up! My apologies! Because of my falling asleep I never got to properly save your dinner!" Tohru cried out, frantically running about trying to salvage any food deemed so.

Yuki stepped forward and put a hand on hers before she could try to save another dish. Tohru looked up at him with a puzzled look and Yuki replied, "Don't worry Honda-san. I… ate out last night and am not hungry. You obviously needed sleep, so don't worry about the food."

"Sure," Shigure sighed, "don't worry about the food when you don't buy it."

Tohru frantically apologized, "I'm so sorry, Shigure-san! I will pay you back for—"

Shigure waved his hand in Tohru's face. "I kid, I kid! Do as Yuki said and don't worry about it Tohru. Just relax."

Tohru looked at him for a moment and then broke out in a nervous smile. "Yes!"

Tohru began to pick up the dinner dishes, and her face fell a little. "I never prepared breakfast… or lunch." Her shoulders hunched forward and she schlumped her head onto her chest. "I'm… so… sorry…"

"Should we start calling you Ritchan?" Shigure joked.

Kyo stood, causing Tohru, Yuki and Shigure to look over at him. Placing a hand on Tohru's shoulder, his face pinked slightly at the gesture in front of the others, "I'll make breakfast and lunch. You just concentrate on cleaning up dinner, okay?"

Tohru pinked, and a small smile formed. She knew that Kyo was serious and that her arguing would just make him mad. "Al-all right Kyo-kun. Thank you."

Kyo nodded and walked into the kitchen. She was still soft and warm…

Tohru paused in her dish-stacking. His hand was so warm and gentle…

Grabbing his school bag, Kyo was surprised to hear a small knock at his bedroom door.

"Yeah?" Kyo called, shouldering his bag.

Tohru poked her head in, and Kyo's face turned bright red. What is she doing here now?

Tohru smiled gently and bowed her head embarrassedly as she entered Kyo's room. She was holding a large manila envelope, the front of it concealed by it being pressed to her bosom.

"Kyo-kun, I-I was going to give this to you last night, but…" Tohru trailed off, her face turning bright red. She drew the envelope away from her bosom and held it out.

Kyo frowned slightly, and took the folder. As he turned it over, he was surprised to see his name as the recipient of the envelope. It was already opened… and then re-sealed. Tearing it open, Tohru continued with her explanation.

"Shishou gave it to me yesterday at the dojo. I guess he was too busy to be able to give it to you personally, but he told me to tell you that he was proud of you."

Kyo brought out the first leaflet of paper, and on it was scrawled in Kazuma's handwriting, "I intercepted this somehow. For some reason, they sent this to my address instead of Shigure's. Thought you might want to read the contents. Congratulations; I am so proud to call you son. –Kazuma".

Frowning in confusion, Kyo placed Kazuma's note aside and took out the first letter in the packet. Kyo's eyes widened as he began to read it, and Tohru stood before him feeling confused and as though she were imposing. As she turned to leave, she was stopped by his fingers wrapping gently around her upper arm. Looking up at his face, Tohru was surprised to see a nervous, happy smile playing about his eyes and mouth.

"I… I got in. I got into University. They accidentally sent it to Shishou's place instead of here… I can't believe it. I got into University," Kyo said, his voice strained with excitement.

Tohru broke out in a large smile and clapped her hands together. "Uwaahh! T-that's so great Kyo-kun! I'm so happy for you!"

Kyo started laughing, and he yelled out happily at the top of his voice, "I GOT INTO UNIVERSITY!"

Through the smiles and the excitement, one thought played and replayed, unwanted, deep within both Kyo and Tohru's minds.

Two days.